Scottish Welfare Fund distributes £148m over four years

Data from Scotland’s Chief Statistician showed that a third of the households which received an award were families with children, while just over half were single person households with no children

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The Scottish Welfare Fund has provided £148m to 275,690 individual households over the last four years, according to new official figures.

The data, from Scotland’s Chief Statistician, showed that a third of the households which received an award were families with children, while just over half were single person households with no children.

The figures show that £16m, around half of the fund’s budget, was awarded in the first six month of 2017-18.